Improvement in velocipede-vehicles



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""Be it known that I, HENRY BGEL, of Watertown, inthe county of Jefferson and State c of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Im.

proved Velocipede-Vehicle; and I d o hereby declare thatythe following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being `had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which` Figure 1 isa side view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front `viewof the same. Fig. 3 `is aplan or topview of the same. i Fig. 4 is a back view y ofthe same. 3 Fig. 5 is a detached plan or top view of a portion of thesame, taken in the line Similar letters of reference indicate corre-` sponding parts inthe severalgures. c .y u rIhis invention consists in arranging treadles `and levers with connecting-rods 'andthe running-gear of a wheel-vehiclein such a manner that the vehicle may be propelled along by the `occupant with facility, and the vehicle at the same time rendered `capable of being readily be under the perfect control o f the same.

` `'Ihe invention also consists" in using, in connection with the `parts aforesaid, a bellows and whistle soarrangedas to be operated by the running-gear of the"`vehicle duringthe move- @ment of the same, and `an alarm sounded at `the willof the occupant. Y To enable those skilled in the art to fully `understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it. y,

.i i A representst-he front, and B the back, axle `of a wheel-vehicle. The front axle, A, is provided witha crank, G, at its center, which crank shaft, E, immediately above` the axle A, the two cranks a` a of the shaft E having re-r versed positions, as shown in Fig. 2. The crank-shaft E has its bearings in pendants bb, attached to the stationary part c of the fth- `wheelof the vehicle, and the front axle, A, of ,the vehicle is" connected` to the movable .or `turning part d of the ifthwheel'by meansof horizontalbars eve,connected to the axle by supports j', all of which are shown in Fig. 2. y j 'Io the back of the front axle, A, there is attached a semicircularrack-bar, F, into which a wheel,'G,"on `the lower end of a vertical i i, UNITED J turned or guided by the occupant, and, in fact,

crank is connected by a rod, D,with a double-- PATENT OFFICE,

, Specification forming part ofuLetters Patent No. 35,583, dated June 17, 1862.

shaft, H, gears. The lower end of the shaftH is stepped in the perch or rack I, in the back end of which the back axle, B, isflttedloosely,

so` that it may turn freely therein. The front end of the perch orreach isconnected to the lower part of a pendent and inverted arched bar, J, at-tached to the framing K ofthe vehicle, and the upper end of the shaft H is pro- Vvidedwith a hand-wheel, L, which is directly Vin front of4 a seat, M, on the back part of the framing K.

The back axle, MB, is provided with two cranks, g g', having reverse positions, as shown in Fig. 4, and corresponding with the cranks a a of the shaft E. `The cranks of the two axles A B are connected by. treadles N N,

- and each treadle has a lever, O, connected to it by a link, P. The levers O have their fulcruni-pinsh passing through arms h h on a bar, fi, at the front part of the framing K, and to the back end of each lever O thereis attached a handle, Q. Y

On the lower part ofthe vertical shaft H, just above the wheel G, there is secured ahorizontal bar, R, which is between two clamps or levers, S S. These clamps or levers have a common fulcrum-pin, j, which passes into 4or through the perch or reach I,and have a spring, T, between their back ends, which spring has a tendency to keep the front ends of the clamps or levers S S pressed against the bar K, and thereby prevent the casual turning of the wheel G and the consequentmovementof the semicircular reach-bar F and the turning of the front axle, A. (See Fig. 1.)

Underneath the seat M of the vehicle there is placed a bellows,U,which is operated,when the vehicle is in motion, by the cranks g g of the back axle, B, coming in contact with pendants k k, attached to the under side of the bellows.

4V is a whistle which communicates with thel bellows, and W is a valve in the top of the bellows, having a lever, l, attached, by which the valve may be adjusted by the occupant of the in Figs. l and 4. By actuating this lever the lower part of the bellows may be elevated at any time beyond the action of the cranks gg.

From the above description it will be seen that the occupant of the seat M, by Working the treadles N N with his feet and the handles Q Q with his hands, will rotate the axles A B ofthe vehicleand consequently propel it along, the wheels Y being permanently attached to the axles, and in order to turn the vehicle the occupant simply turns the hand-wheel L, and the wheel G will move the semicircular rackbar F, and the front axle, A, will consequently turn. When the front axle is brought back to its original position parallel with the back axle, B, the pressure of tlle clamps or levers S S on the bar K of the shaft H will, as previ- .ously explained, prevent the casual turning of the front axle.

The invention is well adapted for railroads, allthe modification required being iianged wheels. A

Having thus described my invention, what arranged, substantially as shown, to prevent the casual turning of the front axle, A, as specified.

3. The bellows U, provided with the whistle V, when used in combination with the treadles N N and levers Q Q, and operated by the crank-axle B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY BGEL.

Vitnesses:

CHS. M. DUcAssr, AUGUST DoRICH. 

